<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>On my phone, so will keep it short:</div><div>the pluck test is a practical, powerful diagnostic tool when applied correctly</div><div>and when used in conjunction with OTHER diagnostic tests---bearing measurement, crown measurement, playing the piano. I care about how the board sounds vis a vis power, sustain, swell, and length and quality of decay.</div><div>It's fascinating to THINK about the why of things, but it's much more important for us as fiduciary servants of our clients to be able to make quality decisions based on real sound in the real world. Let the technical and scientific speculation continue; I love it;</div><div>just please don't let it overwhelm or obscure our real purpose here: to share real- world protocols in a collegial manner to serve our clients better. My take, at least.</div><div>DA</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 19, 2011, at 7:34 AM, "David Love" <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Not just the distinctions between all those things but the qualities in the board that might establish some relationship between them. JD's bloom and swell may derive from some similar qualities in a given soundboard which the pluck test may or may not help detect. While I have my doubts about the reliability of the pluck test it may not be completely irrelevant if the goal is to try and determine whether there might be other qualities to boards that exhibit these characteristics we're looking into. Sometimes if you can't answer the question head on you need to change course temporarily so you can approach the problem from another angle. It's all good. <br> <p>David Love<br><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a><br>(sent from bb)</p><hr><div><b>From: </b> <a href="mailto:PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com">PAULREVENKOJONES@aol.com</a>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:34:28 -0400 (EDT)</div><div><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>
</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [pianotech] What is bloom,</div><div><br></div><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">
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<div>In a message dated 3/18/2011 11:25:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a> writes:</div>
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<div>You're imagining it. It's a conversation, not a moderated conference. If we
don't answer JD's question as completely and directly as you would have us, at
least we're hearing some good voices, and the related discussions relevant to a
range of interests. This isn't ask the expert. Lose the control impulse. The
distinctions between bloom and swell, and between chordal play, hammer strike,
and pluck are the beginnings of investigations into ways we hear. It's all
germane and useful in its own strange, uncontrolled conversational way.
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